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New Hope Adventist Church, Fulton, Md.
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August 31, 2013
newhopefulton
Praise and WorshipSean Charles
MessageHearing God
Pastor Mike Speegle
Community LifePastor Ann Roda
Closing ThoughtPastor Mike Speegle
Worship at New HopeCommunity at Worship 10:30 a.m. & 12:15 p.m. | Kingdom Kids Worship (Rooms 121/122) -10:30 a.m | Middle School Worship (Resumes September 14)
Community Life 2
Starting Point 3
Family Tools 4
connect. serve. grow.
Potluck Today for Young AdultsYoung Adults potluck is TODAY after second service at ‘The Gathering Place’: 8 Glenwood Drive, Glen Burnie, Md. Join us for a wonderful time of fellowship and bring your favorite dish to share. For details and directions, visit the Ask-Me-Desk or call 443-801-5363.
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communitylife Welcome to New Hope! We're here to help you grow in your spiritual journey. This page highlights some exciting ways for you and your family to make meaningful connections and grow your relationship with God.
If there is anything we can do to support you on your journey, let us know.
Church OfficeMon-Thu 9a-5p, Fri 10a-2p
Phone/Text Message410-541-6394
september september septembercommunitylife Welcome to New Hope! We're here to help you grow in your spiritual journey. This page highlights some exciting ways for you and your family to make meaningful connections and grow your relationship with God.
If there is anything we can do to support you on your journey, let us know.
Church OfficeMon-Thu 9a-5p, Fri 10a-2p
Phone/Text Message410-541-6394
3Rebuilding starts! Sign up for this powerful small group to help people rebuild their lives after a relationship ends. Cost:$20. For more info and to sign up, go to lookingforachurch.org/rebuild.
10Financial Peace University free preview, 6:30-8 p.m. This life-changing class, taught by Dave Ramsey and coordinated by New Hope's Michael Adu will help you achieve your financial goals, showing you how to eliminate debt, save for the future and give like never before. Registration and more info: lookingforachurch.org/fpu.
14Middle School Worship kicks off a new season at 10:30 a.m., Room 206. This worship for youth in grades 6-8 will meet the second and fourth Sabbath of each month. For info, pick up a flier in Room 206.
communitylife Welcome to New Hope! We're here to help you grow in your spiritual journey. This page highlights some exciting ways for you and your family to make meaningful connections and grow your relationship with God.
If there is anything we can do to support you on your journey, let us know.
Church OfficeMon-Thu 9a-5p, Fri 10a-2p
Phone/Text Message410-541-6394
7Cadash, a gathering of women seeking the presence of God meets at 9:30 am in the Prayer Room (Room 111).
13Restore, our monthly worship gathering for young adults. We start with light refreshments at 7 p.m., followed by worship at 7:30 p.m.
14High School lunch and afternoon hangout, Guilford Park Pavilion in Columbia, Md. Free food and free fun! Get more details at the Ask-Me Desk, in the high school trailer or from Mr. Blair, [email protected].
CHURCH LIFEWelcome guests! We’re glad you’re here today. You can find out more about New Hope in Seven Minutes or Less, a brief information session after today’s worship service at the front left of the worship center.
We love stories and would love to hear what God is doing in your life through our Time of Your Life sermon series and the challenge to stop once each hour to recognize and respond to God's presence. Share your story at [email protected].
Ignite your prayer life and deepen your relationship with God, Wednesdays, 7:30-8:30 p.m., in the multipurpose room. Open to all! Prepare to be blessed.
Calling for volunteers: Highland Day is Oct. 5, and we need willing hands to help set up and man our booth and to support the other activities we host at this annual community festival. For more info, contact Laura: [email protected].
SAVE THE DATE (and your place!) at church camp, Oct. 18-20, Mt. Aetna Camp and Retreat Center near Hagerstown, Md. Nice cabins with facilities and hotel-style rooms available. Great activities for all ages. Food served Friday night through Sunday morning. Only 150 spaces, so sign up TODAY at lookingforachurch.org/camp!
The church office is closed Monday, Sept. 2, in observance of Labor Day.
YOUNG ADULTSwww.youngadultsconnect.com
Connect, a Bible study group just for young adults, meets Sabbaths from 11 a.m. to noon in the trailer. Let’s explore the life-changing teachings of God’s Word together!
FAMILY MINISTRIESwww.newhopelovesfamilies.com
Register for Adventurer Club, the co-ed scouting group for pre-K through Grade 4! For more info, pick up a brochure at the Ask-Me Desk, or contact Lynne at [email protected].
Kingdom Kids Sabbath School and Church kicks off a new lesson series in September titled ‘The Kings of Israel’. Children will discover attributes of God through stories from the Old Testament.Children’s Sabbath School classes will be turned into a king’s castle and Kids Church children go back in time with David and Solomon.
New Season for Kingdom Kids
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Don’t talk politics or religion in polite company, the old saying goes.
One of those topics will be anything but off-limits in a new small group this fall called Starting Point, which aims to offer a place for anyone with questions about God, Jesus, the Bible or Christianity to seek answers.
Why do bad things happen to good people? What exactly is baptism all about? What does it mean to have a personal relationship with Jesus?
Starting Point serves to answer questions like these, and any others that participants have, during weekly classes that cover subjects from creation through eternity. The group is driven by conversation — not lectures or sermons.
The weekly meetings, which will take place Sabbaths at 10:30 a.m., are meant to give people “a safe place to ask questions and to not have the answer to everything — to learn more about this Jesus guy,” said Season Cromwell, New Hope’s evangelism director.
Cromwell will lead the small group with Nathan Taylor and Lindsay Kerr. The class is geared toward people who are simply curious about God, starting a new relationship with Jesus or just getting back into church.
New Hope plans to offer it regularly in the fall and spring, Cromwell said.
THE DETAILS
What: Starting Point
When: Saturdays at 10:30 a.m., Sept. 28-Nov. 23
Where: New Hope Adventist Church (12350 Hall Shop Road; Fulton, MD 20759)
Who: Anyone with questions about God or Christianity — whether simply seeking answers, new to the faith or just returning to church.
Why: To get answers!
Questions about God? A Starting Point for Answers
Registration for the fall session of Starting Point is now open. For details, visit lookingforachurch/startingpoint. Space is limited, so tell your friends — or sign yourself up — today!
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Find us: 12350 Hall Shop Road, Fulton, MD 20759 Call us/ send a text message: 410-541-NEWH (6394)
Email us: [email protected] Visit us online: www.lookingforachurch.org
2012 @newhopefulton
God’s Daily WordUse the following passages to explore what the Bible says about loving the unlovable.
SUNDAY 1 John 4:19; Ephesians 5:1,2
MONDAY 1 John 4:9-12
TUESDAY Mark 12:30-31
WEDNESDAY 1 John 4:20-21
THURSDAY 1 Corinthians 13:4-8
FRIDAY 1 Peter 3:14
Twice a week we would have to call the police to have Ralph moved from the entrance of the medical center. He would be sleeping on the sidewalk leading to the front door. He was dirty, he stank, flies would hover over his crusty scalp, and his pant zipper would often be open as he laid spread eagle. He had become a nuisance and a headache that I, as Director of Operations, had to contend with on the busiest of mornings.
For years, Ralph was considered “a friendly homeless,” living the streets surrounding North Capitol Street, four blocks from the Capitol Building. But, as alcohol slowly took over, Ralph became belligerent and obnoxious. He started to become a danger to others and to himself. At times, the guards would find him with bleeding open wounds on his hands and face. Something needed to be done and I was given the responsibility for finding someone who would take Ralph away.
One day as I walked to a nearby deli for lunch, I saw one of our new employees, Phyllis, kneeling beside Ralph. He was passed out on the sidewalk in his usual position. I said to Phyllis, “That’s Ralph. He drives us crazy. Just ignore him.” On this particular day, Ralph was especially odorous and I cautioned Phyllis not to get too close.
Upon leaving the deli, I again saw Phyllis kneeling beside Ralph. This time she had her arm around him, propping him up to a sitting position. She was feeding him a sandwich and talking to him. Ralph was hungrily devouring the
food. After the sandwich was consumed, Phyllis put a cup of water to his mouth and Ralph slurped up the water like a thirsty animal. Then as Phyllis began to stand up, Ralph grabbed her hand and pulled her back down to her knees. I was startled and began to hurry toward Phyllis to rescue her from him. Then I abruptly stopped. The scene before me brought tears to my eyes. Ralph held his dirty hand up to Phyllis’ face and was gently patting her cheek. His eyes brimmed with tears. Phyllis reached out and patted Ralph’s cheek in the same manner and said, “you are welcome, Ralph.”
Walking back into the medical center, I asked Phyllis how she was going to wash off Ralph’s stench that was clinging to her clothes. She looked at me with a gentle smile and said, “Ann, until we learn to love those that are hardest to love, we will always smell the stench.”
“I’m telling you to love your enemies. Let them bring out the best in you, not the worst. . .This is what God does. He gives his best—the sun to warm and the rain to nourish—to everyone, regardless: the good and bad, the nice and nasty. Live generously and graciously toward others, the way God lives toward you.” Matthew 5:46-48, The Message.
Thought for the Week
Ann Roda
Pastor for Families
For the Family1. As a family memorize 1 Corinthians 13:4-8. As you memorize it have a discussion about what
this means and looks like within your family.
2. This week use the verses in the Daily Word as your daily family Bible reading.
Today, if you aren’t sure where MYNEWHOPECHURCH.COM/GIVE
Monthly Goal
Receivedin July
Received to Date
Goal to Date
Tithe 76,137.37 507,777.07 -
Church Budget ($41,855.41)
38,847.34 272,291.92 292,987.87
Mortgage ($13,623)
6,134.36 46,262.32 95,361.00
JULY GIVING REPORT ($)
The Back Page follows the Bible lessons that children and youth are studying and serves to help kids and adults continue the spiritual discussion at home and establish patterns of a devotional life.
Weekly ChallengeHow do we love that son or daughter, father or mother, husband or wife, neighbor or fellow employee who returns insults, condemnation and hostility for love. What do we do? Do we give up emotionally or declare it’s impossible to love those that would despitefully use us and persecute us with their bad attitudes and constant insults? Read 1 John 4 and allow God to reveal the answer to these questions.
